Letter to Mr. Strickland
Title:
Letter to Mr. Strickland
Description:
Child replies to Strickland’s request for her autograph and information about John Brown, noting, “The only letter I ever received from John Brown I gave to a Sanitary Commission Fair in time of the war. They Sold it for $25.” About Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry she writes, “Noble old man! His foray into Virginia seemed a wild project, but the feeling that impelled him was grand: and I know of nothing in History more sublime than his conduct in prison, and at the place of execution. I shall never again witness such moral heroism as was brought out by the struggle of Freedom with Slavery.”
Creator:
Child, Lydia Maria
Date:
1875
Display Date:
6 December 1875
Hover Text:
Lydia Maria Child — abolitionist and social reformer
Published Item:
U
Item Index:
58
Item Sort:
1800s
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